Septicaemia caused by oro-facial infection. A retrospective study

ABSTRACT

This is a six-year retrospective study of 35 patients with septicaemia caused by oral and maxillofacial in two University Hospitals in Tehran. The major causative factors were the firearm injuries. The incidence was 5.9/1000 admitted patients in the field of the oral and maxillofacial surgery. The males commoner than the female patients. The most common micro-organisms isolated were streptococcus pyogenes and bacteroides. The result of treatment was very good. 34 patients [97.14%] recovered, while one patient died because of cavernous sinus thrombosis after sever infection in the middle third region of the face